teasy

English

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Etymology 1

From tease +‎ -y.

Adjective

teasy (comparative more teasy, superlative most teasy)

1. Inclined to tease; teasing.
   • 1926, Christian Advocate, volume 87, page 16:

     […] Wallie, who was going on eleven, and such a teasy boy, […]

Etymology 2

From Cornish tesek (“hot,fiery”).

Adjective

teasy (comparative more teasy, superlative most teasy)

1. (colloquial, UK, Cornwall) Irritable or angry.

Anagrams

• yates, Yeats, as yet, Yates, yeast, Tayes, Yeast, yeats